You People Are...Going To Have Problems

[sanantone]

I'll admit I didn't read the whole article. I was kind of turned off by all of the cursing, but I've seen plenty of these rants before. People who study the humanities and social sciences should not be surprised by not being able to find a good paying job after graduation. Humanities work well for academia for which you need a PhD. For most of the social sciences, one should get a minimum of a master's degree. I think the job market might be oversaturated with business graduates. This is just a reality people need to face. There is also a glut of lawyers. Even new nursing grads are having a hard time finding work. People seem to rush into trendy fields that have a shortage and then we quickly end up with oversaturation.

I also agree that not everyone is cut out for college and there is nothing wrong with getting vocational training. At the same time, we are a post-industrialized nation. This is a knowledge economy. We depend on the service industry because it would be difficult for us to compete with cheaper labor unless we become isolationists.